Re-Appraising Women to Women Discrimination towards Attaining Gender Equality
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2023
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International Conference on Science Engineering And Business For sustainable Development Goals
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Abstract-Gender critics have deployed patriarchy as the major
source of the challenges faced by women in Nigeria. This
perception has only narrowed gender discourse to male
chauvinism. There is therefore an urgent need to interrogate
patriarchy alongside other challenges encountered by women in
Nigeria. The notion of gender bias by men against women is not
new and men are usually the main perpetrator while often not
considering the existence of the situation the other way round. This
study posits that challenges of women raging from
discrimination,widowhood rites,polygamy,inheritance rights,
divorce,to almost all other areas of life are directly or indirectly also
caused by other women. It is already a challenging world with men
holding sway in virtually all fields of human endeavours and
women do not have to make things even more challengingfor one
another.The objectives of the study were to locate the challenges
encountered by women by their contemporaries in selected literary
texts and society and proffer ways to confront and overcome these
challenges. The study recommends love, unity, support, and
collaboration which engender peaceful co-existence and social
emancipation among women and are also necessary for a balanced
society and the sustainable development of the nation.
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challenges, gender issues, humanities, national development,re-appraisal